Space Vehicle Structural Engineer – Doors, CATIA & FEM

Actalent, Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 69,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Actalent, Inc. seeks a Structural Design Engineer to lead aerospace structural design, focusing on doors, hinges, latches, and composite primary/secondary structures. You will guide junior engineers and use CATIA V5 for part/assembly design, surface-wireframe, and composites workbench.

The role emphasizes high-temperature materials and GD&T. The position is a long-term contract of at least 18 months, onsite in a cleared Fort Worth, TX facility, with a pay range of $50.00–$100.00 per hour.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in aircraft design with both metallics and composites.
• Experience in space vehicle design.
• Proficiency in CATIA V5, particularly in part design, assembly design, and composites workbench.
• Experience with GFEM (Global Finite Element Models) and DFEM (Detail Finite Element Models).
• Ability to create and run FEMs for conceptual design work to validate design principles.
• Knowledge of various material forms and processes for conceptual design trade studies.
• Ability to execute trade studies considering design solutions for weight, cost, and schedule constraints.
• Experience working in an IPT (Integrated Product Team) environment with design, fabrication, and assembly functions.

Responsibilities

• Design complex kinematic solutions in a conceptual design environment.
• Guide structural architecture definition through identification and proposing advanced technology.
• Support design through trade studies, concept development, and interface development.
• Provide guidance to junior engineers in structural design.
• Utilize CATIA for part design, assembly design, surface-wireframe, and composites workbench.
• Design primary and secondary structures using composites.
• Work with high-temperature material forming.
• Apply Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) principles.

Skills

Aircraft design

Space vehicle design

CATIA V5

GFEM/DFEM

FEM analysis

Materials & processes

Trade studies

IPT collaboration

Tools

CATIA V5

Job description

Actalent, Inc. seeks a Structural Design Engineer to lead aerospace structural design, focusing on doors, hinges, latches, and composite primary/secondary structures. You will guide junior engineers and use CATIA V5 for part/assembly design, surface-wireframe, and composites workbench.

The role emphasizes high-temperature materials and GD&T. The position is a long-term contract of at least 18 months, onsite in a cleared Fort Worth, TX facility, with a pay range of $50.00–$100.00 per hour.